Discriminating dusts and dusts sources using magnetic properties and hematite: Goethite ratios of surface materials and dust from North Africa, the Atlantic and Barbados

Aeolian Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-104

  Oldfield, F ^a   Chiverrell, R C ^a   Lyons, R ^b   Williams, E ^c   Shen, Z ^d   Bristow, C ^e   Bloemendal, J ^a,g   Torrent, J ^f   Boyle, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^g LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bod l Depression; Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy; Dust sources; Magnetic measurements; North Africa; Trans Atlantic dust transport

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; DIATOMITE; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; HEMATITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; BODELE; BURKINA FASO; CHAD; MALI; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84899742745     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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